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Article: Obama wins 52 pct popular vote in presidential election
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- November 5, 2008
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Obama wins 52 pct popular vote in presidential election
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama
has won the highest proportion of popular vote since Republican
George H. W. Bush defeated Democrat Michael Dukakis in 1988,
according to figures released Wednesday.
The 52 percent of the popular vote that Obama won -- 63.4 million
ballots -- is the highest of any Democratic candidate since 1964.
Obama is the first Democrat ...